Fr. Rob has been featured in national newspapers and magazines around Australia as well as in Channel 10’s The Project, and was a contestant in Australia’s 2015 The X Factor. He has recorded with several renowned artists such as pop idol Guy Sebastian, Paulini, Gary Pinto, Natasha Pinto and Amelia Farrugia, and has shared the stage with the likes… Read More ›

This talk was delivered by Fr. Cristino to a Catholic Speed Dating event. Although he espouses a very counter-cultural view of what should constitute “dating”, it is with the hope to raise our contemporary generation out of what can often be a harmful cycle of relationships which do not effectively lead people to healthy marriages…. Read More ›

From June 8-15, 2018, Fr. Cristino had the distinct privilege of preaching the annual 8 day retreat to the sisters of the Carmelites of the Divine Heart of Jesus in Mississauga, ON. Several of these sisters ran a home for the aged in Father’s hometown of Medicine Hat and have known him since he was… Read More ›

From June 8-15, 2018, Fr. Cristino had the distinct privilege of preaching the annual 8 day retreat to the sisters of the Carmelites of the Divine Heart of Jesus in Mississauga, ON. Several of these sisters ran a home for the aged in Father’s hometown of Medicine Hat and have known him since he was… Read More ›

From June 8-15, 2018, Fr. Cristino had the distinct privilege of preaching the annual 8 day retreat to the sisters of the Carmelites of the Divine Heart of Jesus in Mississauga, ON. Several of these sisters ran a home for the aged in Father’s hometown of Medicine Hat and have known him since he was… Read More ›

At every celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, regular bread and wine are transubstantiated into the living flesh and blood of the resurrected Son of Man. Meanwhile, the elements at hand continue to look like wine, taste like wine, look like bread, and taste like bread. But every once in a while –… Read More ›

This talk was delivered to the Fr. Lacombe Guild, a lay association of men, seeking to advance in holiness through prayer, doctrinal formation and fraternity. Chivalry and its Counterfeits: Authentic Masculinity and the Manhood of Christ PDF Version of Notes

Ever since the 18th century, May has been recognized and honoured as being the Month of Mary throughout the Church. With spring time weather and signs of new life blossoming all around us, even nature itself is charged with signs of ‘the resurrection’ that’s to come – and the greatest Witness that exists on earth… Read More ›

This talk was delivered to the young man gathered as part of the annual God Squad Men’s Conference held at St. Peter’s Parish, Calgary. Addressing a group of youth who were all born in the new millennium, Fr. Cristino considers the implications of becoming evangelists in a modern era which knows little of the eras… Read More ›